15 Web Design Trends to Watch Out For in 2012
So far the year 2011 has brought upon some amazing changes in design and Internet technology. Web development has become a much smoother subject to jump into learning, not to mention the countless open source libraries useful in streamlining the process. And yet it seems the global design community is far from throwing in the towel. I want to introduce 15 ideas which have grown very rapidly over the past year. These trends encompass web and graphics design techniques which will likely play a big role moving into 2012. Thankfully the methods to implement these features are becoming easier to understand and much slimmer in code. Read also: 20 Hottest Web Design Trends To Watch Out For In 2014 1. The average user’s experience is possibly the most important aspect to consider when designing a website. Including famous JavaScript libraries such as MooTools and jQuery, it has become much easier to animate these features and even more. 2. 3. Who can say they honestly don’t enjoy free downloads?
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27 Must-Have Starter Kits For Web Designers
Starter kits are great timesavers for web designers and they are particularly useful for those who often create mock-ups for project pitching on daily basis. If you are a designer-cum-programmer think of it as your code snippets So what’s in a starter kit? We think it varies – depending on what each designer routinely worked with. In today’s article, we attempt to show you some of the best design starter kit we’ve come to know. GUI, Form Elements and Web Components From form elements like checkboxes, input fields, textareas to web design components like buttons, arrows, icons, badges and more. Yahoo’s Design Stencil Kit Probably one of the most complete kit for designers. Web Form Elements With all these tabs, buttons, dropdowns in one single PSD file, it’s sure going to give you a kick start in interface design. Browser Form Elements PSD Browser Form Elements PSD for Mac Firefox 3 and another for Vista IE7. Flex Dark Skin Sleek dark skin interface elements. Turquoise PSD Vista elements.
Slyd
Slyd is an easy-to-use, highly-customizable slider plugin for WordPress. There are plenty of plugins out there that allow you to easily insert a slider into your WordPress using a shortcode but they require creating a custom slide for every post you write. With Slyd you can shirk those inconveniences. Slyd automatically pulls in all of your latest posts (or just the ones in a certain category). All Slyd requires is that you upload a Slyd image or a Featured image on your post page. CSS3/jQuery Animations – Slyd is built to be pretty so naturally it uses CSS3 and jQuery to impress viewers.Category Selection – Create a new Category or use an existing one to limit the posts that display in the Slydr.Shortcode – Normal users can insert the [slyd] shortcode to display the Slydr.PHP Template Tag – For more advanced users, install Slyd into a theme using <? Plans for the Future Either use the shortcode [slyd] in the page Slydr is to display or place <? Usage Email: tre [at] trezy [dot] com Launch.
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33 FREE Well-Designed Navigation Menu PSD
Startup Framework Close 2011, Sep 27 // Kevin Liew // 4 comments // Web Design 33 FREE Well-Designed Navigation Menu PSD Advertisement Introduction Our 5th series of free psd file, we have collected 33 free psd menu layout. This time, I have collected 33 FREE navigation menu PSD, all are well-organised PSD and carefully designed for your next project. Just in case you've missed our previous famous free PSD series, you can visit them with the following links: We still have a few more Free PSD series coming out each week, so stay tuned with queness! Author: Kevin Liew Kevin Liew is a web designer and developer and keen on contributing to the web development industry. Share the love 10inShare Related Posts 40 Incredible Vintage Websites 15 Beautiful Wallpapers to Spice Up Your Desktop A Showcase of Free UI Kits and Elements 4 comments Face Thu, 16th February 2012 Cool Collection! Dejal Wed, 8th August 2012 Great work thanks Kevin! hitesh Thu, 13th September 2012 AWSOME...! rock Thu, 26th September 2013
Best Free Textures and Patterns of 2010 | Freebies (Build 20120614114901)
It’s no secret that we love textures and patterns here at WDL. They’re great for easily adding lots of interest and depth to a design, whether it be a huge background pattern or just some subtle textures here and there. So to continue our “Best of 2010″ series, this week we’re covering textures and patterns. Textures 07 – Stock Pack Patterns .36 (25 patterns) Dirty Paper Textures Patterns .38 (25 patterns) Inspiration Flow Vintage Grunge Free Vector Seamless Backgrounds (6 patterns) Colorful Grunge Vintage Wallpaper Textures Seamless Paper Patterns (6 patterns) Textures 06 – Stock Pack About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 489 shares Best Free Icon Sets of 2010 This year is coming to an end, so we’ve been looking back and showing you our picks for the best freebies and resources of 2010. Read More 1168 shares Best jQuery Plugins of 2010
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